CHOCOLATE VODKA CUPCAKES
These amazing festive chocolate vodka cupcakes are incredible. Try something new, these are some boozy cupcakes and they taste great.
These beautiful Chocolate Cupcakes have a wonderful chocolate flavour and are frosted with a chocolate frosting and have a hidden strawberry vodka centre.
These go so well at every party, Christmas, New Years, Birthdays, Easter, any holiday and occasion really. These boozy cupcakes are recommended for adults only.
These are really the best! You'll find every excuse to make these chocolate vodka cupcakes over and over again.
This recipe makes 6 yummy chocolate vodka cupcakes, if you want to make 12 just double all the ingredients. Its very unusual and unique and will impress all your friends, colleagues and family.
Ingredients
For the cupcakes:
60 gr unsalted butter
100 gr of caster sugar
1 egg
100 gr of plain flour
20 gr of cocoa powder
0.5 tsp of baking powder
pinch of salt
75 ml of milk
40 ml of warm water
40 ml of vodka
Fresh strawberries to decorate ( optional)
For the strawberry filling :
2 tbsp strawberry jam
40 ml of vodka ( add more vodka if you want)
For the chocolate icing:
60g unsalted butter
2 tbsp cocoa powder
125 gr icing sugar
1 tsp milk
1 tsp. vanilla essence
Directions
Step 1 : Preheat the oven to 180 C /350 F.
Step 2 : In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, caster sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, strawberry essence and salt, then add 1 egg.
Step 3 : Mix well and then slowly add warm water and then vodka. Mix slowly until smooth consistency.
Step 4 : Line 6 cupcake tray 3/4-full with the mixture.
Step 5 : Put the cupcakes into the oven for 25-30 min until they are puffed up. You can check with a toothpick, if it comes out clean they are done!
Step 6 : While cupcakes are baking, lets make our filling. Mix strawberry jam with vodka until smooth and set aside.
Step 7 : To make the frosting whip your butter on high speed until nice and fluffy, add your icing sugar and cocoa powder.
Step 8 : Once cupcakes are cooled down, core the cupcakes and add strawberry vodka filling.
Step 9 : Generously frost each cupcake with icing. Add fresh strawberries on top if desired.
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